Improvement in barbed fence-wires



R. EMERSON.

BARBED FENCE-WIRE. No. 176.523. Patented April 25. 1876.

WITNESSES: INYEIITUR NJETERS, FNOYOJJTHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON D C site sides.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

RICHARD EMERSON, OF SYOAMORE, ILLINQIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND s OHAUNOEY ELLWOOD, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARBED FENCE-WIRES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,523, dated April 25, 1876; application filed March 6, 1876. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD EMERSON, o't Sycamore, in the county of De Kalb and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barbs for Wire Fence, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a rear view of my improved barb, shown as applied to a fence-wire. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 isa front View of the same, shown as applied to a double wire.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to'furnish barbs for wire fences, which shall be so constructed that they may be readily applied to the fence-wire, and, when applied, will be held securely without slipping or turning.

The invention consists in a fencebarb formed of a piece of wire bent into the form of a figure 8, with both end parts upon the same side of the middle part, and with its ends projecting in opposite directions, as herein after full y described.

In forming my improved barbs, the wire is out to the desired length, and is then bent into the form of a figure 8, with both end parts upon the same side of the middle part, and with the ends projecting upon the oppo- The two eyes or loops are then bent toward each other upon the side of the end parts of said barbs, so that the barbs can be readily slipped upon thefence-wire. When the barbs A have been adjusted in place upon the fence-wire B, the eyes are straightened out with a punch, press, pliers, or other tool, forming a bend in the said fence-wire, into which the end parts of the barb A are pressed, as shown in Fig. 2, the end parts of the barb being between its middle part and the said The combination, with a fence-wire having the indentation described, of a wire pointed at both ends, placed diagonally across said indentation, the ends bent around its shoulders and passed through the same, forming two barbs, pointing in opposite directions, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

RICHARD EMERSON. Witnesses:

A. G. OoLToN, R. L. DIVINE. 

